Muscular Dystrophy: any of a group of hereditary diseases marked by progressive wasting of certain "muscles." (Oxford) A general term for a group of inherited disorders which are characterized by progressive degeneration of skeletal muscles. A group of inherited progressive muscle disorders characterized by muscle weakness and eventual death of the muscle tissues. Examples include “Duchenne muscular dystrophy” and “Becker’s muscular dystrophy.” (NCIt) All of the muscles may be affected. Or‚ only
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Devonne Lozada Living Environment 1/8/13 Mr.Jorez Human Muscular System Visceral muscle is found inside of organs like the stomach‚ intestines‚ and blood vessels. The weakest of all muscle tissues‚ visceral muscle makes organs contract to move substances through the organ. Because visceral muscle is controlled by the unconscious part of the brain‚ it is known as involuntary muscle—it cannot be directly controlled by the conscious mind. The term “smooth muscle” is often used
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6: Bones and Skeletal Tissues Objectives Skeletal Cartilages 1. Describe the functional properties of the three types of cartilage tissue. 2. Locate the major cartilages of the adult skeleton. 3. Explain how cartilage grows. Classification of Bones 4. Name the major regions of the skeleton and describe their relative functions. 5. Compare and contrast the structure of the four bone classes and provide examples of each class. Functions of Bones 6. List and describe five important functions
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The muscular system is what is responsible for the way that we move. Without the muscular system‚ we wouldn’t be able to participate in the normal activities that we do today. There are 700 known/named muscles that are attached to the human skeleton. There are three different types of muscle that can be found in the human body. The Visceral muscle which can be found inside organs such as the stomach. This type of muscle is controlled by the unconcious part of the brain. This muscle is also known
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Digestion/ Absorption and Homeostasis In order to survive‚ our bodies must bring in energy and nutrients for the cells of the body through eating and digestion of food. To be carried to the cells of the body by the blood stream‚ food must be broken down to molecules. This breaking down of food into molecules‚ small enough to be absorbed into and carried through the blood stream‚ is carried out by the digestive system through the process of digestion and absorption. Digestion is the process of
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Glucose homeostasis The fed state Presentation copyright © 2007 David A Bender The central nervous system is very largely reliant on glucose as its metabolic fuel; it cannot oxidise fatty acids (but can metabolise ketone bodies in prolonged starvation) glycogen Red blood cells are absolutely reliant on glucose; they have no mitochondria and form ATP only by anaerobic glycolysis triacyglycerol protein glucose triacylglycerol in VLDL triacylglycerol in chylomicrons amino
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Biology 3201 STSE Drugs and Homeostasis  Submitted To: Mr. King Submitted By: Chelsea Hamen Date Due: October 28th Understanding Concepts: 1.) Clinical Depression - is the most frequently encountered mental illness. Clinical depression is now considered a physical condition in which there is a fault in the brain chemistry. It may afflict up to 5% or more of the population. Symptoms of depression include a distinct change in mood accompanied with an extreme feeling of hopelessness. Other symptoms
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a muscular dystrophy but in order to understand it and how it works you will need to know about genetics and how they work and after that‚ I can tell you about a few treatments and therapies. Duchenne muscular dystrophy or DMD for short is a mutation that happens in the genes. Duchenne is mostly found in boys and rarely found in girls. Duchenne can be inherited in an x-linked fashion. The symptoms usually appear before the age of 6. Sometimes symptoms can start
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Definition • Muscular Dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness & a loss of muscle mass • In MD‚ abnormal genes (mutations) interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle • There are many different kinds of Muscular Dystrophy • Symptoms of the most common variety begin in childhood‚ primarily in boys • Other types don’t surface until adulthood Definition Cont… • Some people who have MD will eventually lose the ability to walk • Some may have trouble
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Muscular strength is the ability of the muscles to apply force against a body or object. Muscular strength is also required for all movements of the skeleton‚ especially in reference to exercise and sport‚ because it enables the body to generate more force against an object‚ improving the performance and movement efficiency. Strength training is a sort of physical exercise using resistance to induce muscular contraction which will build the strength and anaerobic endurance. The structures involved
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